Berry Pickers

Here is my version of a hand held berry picker, the original was made by me wife's grandfather, many years ago. The new version is basically the same except for the obvious modification, the good thing about this modification is that if it doesn't work it can be easily adjusted to the original style. I made it out of yellow birch, a good sturdy wood as the sides are only ¼ inch and the ends could get a bit of abuse from the scooping up things.

Printer Stand

As things get moved around every once and a while there is an opportunity to build a new piece of furniture. In this case my wife needed a stand for her printer and other items. This is a simple side table made of oak, the top and legs panels glued with biscuits, the legs set in a 1/4 dado, with an upper and lower support on the back for stability. A little golden oak stain and a coat of poly for protection finishes it off.

Umbrella and Boot Stands

A few years ago I made a cedar umbrella stand, for what else umbrellas and walking sticks. Recently I make this boot stand, also from cedar, it should wear well in the winter and wet days. The sides are half lap joints and mortised into the corners. The top level of the boot stand is a cedar panel I glued up, I thought it better to have a sold top, keeps the debris from falling to the boots.

More Hat Blocks

Well, when you make one hat block, you'll always need another, so here is the original with two more I made, also from yellow birch. The two new ones have a better shape, I was shown what one looks like and I improved on the original block. They are rather tall for an average hat block and are hard wood, which is good for pounding on them but not very good if you want to stick pins in. So I think I'll be tasked to make another one, this time from a softer wood. Good luck to me.

Hat Block

My latest project was to make a hat block, that was needed right away. I used mostly yellow birch and a bit of ash, it is large and a bit heavy, but this is what she wanted, if I am to make another one it might be a little smaller. It was a good project, a few board feet needed to be dressed, cut and glued up. I also put four 7/16 dowels inside for strength and help bind the boards together, probably not needed but it doesn't hurt because she will be beating it with the paddle I made earlier, to make the hat.

Screen Printing Squeegees

These squeegees are made from yellow birch and are used to spread ink during screen printing. Because the frames I made earlier are a bit larger than what was being used, making proper fitting squeegees was only natural.

Felting Tools

I was asked if could make a couple of tools that are used to manipulate fibre for felting, I was given a picture and rough dimensions and this is what I came up with. The board is made from ceder as the fibres are wet when felting and the paddle is from yellow birch, I'll see how it hold up before I make another. The Board is from a ceder post re-sawn, glued to make a panel blank, is only a prototype because it has too many knots, if this is what she wants I'll use better material and refine the work so it doesn't snag the fibers too much.